Tow Truck

A tow truck struck an apartment building Monday in Costa Mesa, authorities said. No one was hurt, but a resident was displaced from the home in the 300 block of East 20th Street. Firefighters responded to the scene after receiving an emergency call about 12:50 p.m., according to Battalion Chief Kevin Diamond. While moving a car, the truck somehow got into gear, rolled and then hit the building, Diamond said. Firefighters deployed three fire engines, one fire truck and the urban search & rescue team.

One passenger was killed and three people were injured in a fiery Christmas Eve crash on East Coast Highway in Newport Beach, authorities said. About 5:12 p.m., a westbound Ferrari lost control along East Coast Highway, near Jamboree Road, jumping the median and smashing head-on into a tow truck, police said, citing an initial investigation. The Ferrari was split into two pieces of mangled metal and glass, and caught fire. Its driver was killed. There were two people in each vehicle.

A 60-year-old Glendora man died Tuesday morning when he hit his motorcycle against the rail of a tow truck while traveling southbound on the San Diego Freeway, California Highway Patrol officials said. The collision occurred about 11 a.m. when the Victor Allen Everling's motorcycle struck the right rail of a 1995 Chevrolet tow truck from behind, said CHP Officer Joann O'Hair. Both were traveling in the fourth lane of the southbound San Diego Freeway, south of Fairview Road, she said.

Ralph Abinader was killed Thursday evening after the driver of the Ferrari he rode in crashed into a tow truck on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach. The driver, whose name has not been released, was going westbound on Pacific Coast Highway, near Jamboree Road, in a Ferrari at an excessive rate of speed when he jumped the center divider and crashed head-on into the tow truck that was driving eastbound, said Newport Beach Sgt. Steve Burdette. The Ferrari split into two pieces and caught fire.

Police have identified 18-year-old Luicci Nader of Huntington Beach as the driver of the Ferrari that crashed on East Coast Highway near Jamboree Road on Dec. 24. Nader, who remains in critical condition at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana and is unable to speak, was driving the sports car west on East Coast Highway with his relative, Ralph Abinader, 24, in the passenger seat about 5:12 p.m. Police said the Ferrari, a gray 2008 F-430 Spider,...

The family of a 24-year-old man who died in a fiery Christmas Eve crash of a Ferrari on Pacific Coast Highway has filed a $5-million wrongful death claim against the city of Newport Beach. The victim's 18-year-old cousin was at the wheel of the luxury sports car. Members of the Abinader family of Huntington Beach allege that Newport Beach rescue workers did not respond fast enough to the scene where their eldest son and brother, Ralph Abinader, died shortly after dusk, according to claims filed recently against the city.

One minute you are talking about what you need at Pep Boys, waiting for the light to change, and the next moment your world is turned and smashed upside down, literally, leaving you wondering what just happened. Such was the case for the two occupants in the car above who were broadsided by another car, flipping them over. Upon arriving, I noticed the downed signal immediately. I shot a low angle so as to put emphasis on the "walking" graphic, which everyone can relate to. I waited for the firefighters to walk through the scene to complete the shot.

COSTA MESA — A Newport Beach man on Monday drove into a pole after attacking two men trying to repossess his car, police said. Joshua Roy Delbert, 32, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after being released from Hoag Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries related to his failed escape, police said. Authorities said two repo men driving a tow truck followed Delbert to the Jiffy Lube on Newport Boulevard and Victoria Street about 8 a.m. after spotting him on the road.

A tow truck struck an apartment building Monday in Costa Mesa, authorities said. No one was hurt, but a resident was displaced from the home in the 300 block of East 20th Street. Firefighters responded to the scene after receiving an emergency call about 12:50 p.m., according to Battalion Chief Kevin Diamond. While moving a car, the truck somehow got into gear, rolled and then hit the building, Diamond said. Firefighters deployed three fire engines, one fire truck and the urban search & rescue team.

COSTA MESA — A Newport Beach man on Monday drove into a pole after attacking two men trying to repossess his car, police said. Joshua Roy Delbert, 32, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after being released from Hoag Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries related to his failed escape, police said. Authorities said two repo men driving a tow truck followed Delbert to the Jiffy Lube on Newport Boulevard and Victoria Street about 8 a.m. after spotting him on the road.

One minute you are talking about what you need at Pep Boys, waiting for the light to change, and the next moment your world is turned and smashed upside down, literally, leaving you wondering what just happened. Such was the case for the two occupants in the car above who were broadsided by another car, flipping them over. Upon arriving, I noticed the downed signal immediately. I shot a low angle so as to put emphasis on the "walking" graphic, which everyone can relate to. I waited for the firefighters to walk through the scene to complete the shot.

The family of a 24-year-old man who died in a fiery Christmas Eve crash of a Ferrari on Pacific Coast Highway has filed a $5-million wrongful death claim against the city of Newport Beach. The victim's 18-year-old cousin was at the wheel of the luxury sports car. Members of the Abinader family of Huntington Beach allege that Newport Beach rescue workers did not respond fast enough to the scene where their eldest son and brother, Ralph Abinader, died shortly after dusk, according to claims filed recently against the city.

Newport Coast Drive was briefly closed Wednesday as workers from a local cement truck company did some heavy lifting to clean up their mess from a few weeks ago. After drilling holes in the drum and securing it with slings, a tow truck pulled up the multi-ton cement mixing bowl that had toppled down the Newport Coast hill last month in a crash. California Highway Patrol crews tried to pull up the drum the day of the crash, but didn’t have vehicles big enough to lift it, officials said.

Police have identified 18-year-old Luicci Nader of Huntington Beach as the driver of the Ferrari that crashed on East Coast Highway near Jamboree Road on Dec. 24. Nader, who remains in critical condition at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana and is unable to speak, was driving the sports car west on East Coast Highway with his relative, Ralph Abinader, 24, in the passenger seat about 5:12 p.m. Police said the Ferrari, a gray 2008 F-430 Spider,...

. FOR THE RECORD: A Dec. 25 article about a fatal crash involving a Ferrari contained wrong information. The Ferrari?s passenger was killed, not its driver.. One driver was killed and three people were injured in a fiery Christmas Eve crash on East Coast Highway in Newport Beach, authorities said. About 5:12 p.m., a westbound Ferrari lost control along East Coast Highway, near Jamboree Road, jumping the median and smashing head-on into a tow truck, police said, citing an initial investigation.